SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K



                                CURRENT REPORT



                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                      Securities and Exchange Act of 1943



         Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) JULY 9, 1999
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                         FRANKLIN SELECT REALTY TRUST
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            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



      CALIFORNIA               1-12708                  94-3095938
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    State or other      Commission File Number         IRS Employer
    jurisdiction of                                Identification Number
     incorporation



                2000 ALAMEDA DE LAS PULGAS, SAN MATEO, CA 94404
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              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 650/312 3000
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.


On July 9, 1999,  Franklin Select Realty Trust (the  "Company")  executed a new
lease  covering  108,600  square  feet of  space  at the  Company's  industrial
research and  development  building  located at 46360 Fremont  Blvd.,  Fremont,
California.  The space was  vacated in May of this year when the prior  tenant,
Tanon  Manufacturing,  Inc.,  ("TMI")  rejected  its lease under  Chapter 11 of
United  States  Bankruptcy  Code.  The  term  of the  new  lease,  with  Sybron
Laboratory Products Corporation, will be for ten years and three months.

Base monthly  rental  payments under the lease of $124,890 will commence on the
earlier of  October 1, 1999,  or the  completion  of tenant  improvements.  The
Tenant  is also  responsible  to pay all  operating  expenses  of the  property
including property taxes,  maintenance,  and insurance. The base rental payment
will  increase  approximately  4% annually.  The lease also provides the Tenant
with one  five-year  renewal  option at fair market  rent.  The lease  requires
the  Company  to  provide  tenant   improvements   to  the  property   totaling
approximately  $1.7  million  of which the  Tenant is  required  to repay up to
$1,080,000 in monthly installments,  including 10% annual interest,  during the
term of the lease.  The Company  will also pay leasing  commissions  related to
the lease  totaling  approximately  $707,000  including  $93,000 to Continental
Property  Management  Co., an  affiliate  of the  Company's  advisor,  Franklin
Properties, Inc.

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned heretofore duly authorized.



Dated:  July 19, 1999                     FRANKLIN SELECT REALTY TRUST


                                          By: /S/  DAVID P. GOSS
                                                   David P. Goss
                                                   President